Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-04-07
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
A Ruling by the Commissioners. a,
rention of Southern Railway and
steamship Association.
WASHINGTON, April &

~. WASHINGTON, April 6.
ne interstate commerce Commissioners
this afternoon ruled as follows on the pet;,.
ION OF the Southern Railway and Stesmsh: n
Association:
/ appncation having been made TO the inter
STATE commerce commission, under section
iour oi the act OF Congress, entitled an &C, TO
euia'e commerce, by the Southern Rail
way ana steamship Association, an orysniza
ion cou'poseo OF railroad companies lines
ana systems and hesmship lines, operated in
connection Herewith, including the Ras,on
Savannah, New York & Charleston and
oid Dominion Steamship Co., reaching
southern and Western points, reached botb
oy iahu ana water, common carriers. subj, cr
10 the provisions OF said act. for autbor,ty IN
eharse iess 1or longer than for shorter dis
.ahces In certain cases, said common carriers
having presented as reason for Crsntip,
thelr SAID application, the existence ~
water and other competition, claiming thst
the same cannot be met excen, nv
maintaining the rates hereafter established to
ana from said points, which are allesed To
oe too low to enable said common carriers N
carry on the business if applied to said local
intermediate points, and further claiming
that great disturbance of the business will
occur II 'he present tariff arrangements and
rates are immediately changed, and, it an.
pearlng 10 the commission after an investiya.
.ioh OF SAID petition and the facts presented
In said report thereof in support thereof to b..
the proper case for temporary order an
thorizlng the existing rates to he maintained
for the time being until the commission can
make complete examination of the matters
alleged IN said petition as reasons for reliev.
ing said common carrier from the operation
OF said section of said act, it is ordered that
SAID application be and the same is HEREBY
granted the temporary subject to
modincation or revocation by the
commission at any time on hearing or
otherwise, and the said common carriers are
hereby temporarily relieved from operation
OF the fourth section of the said act TO the
extent specified in the recitals of this order
and for period not greater than 80 days
from date. subject however to the restriction
that none of the said common carriers. while
this order remains in force, shall in any o. Sc
charge or receive compensation for the trans.
portatlon of property between stations on
respective lines, where more is charged ior
shorter than for longer haul, which shall be
greater thah the rates IN force and charged or
received by said carriers respectively on the
3lst OF March, 1887. schedules of which have
been filed with the commissioners.
1t is made further condition of this order
that printed copy hereof shall be forthwith
publicly posted and kept with the schedule of
rates, fares and charges at every station up
oD the lines of said common carriers. where
such schedule is required by law to be poste
and kept for the use of the public.
And it is further ordered that the commits
sion convene at Atlanta, Ga. on the 26th day
of April, 1887, at p, NJ, and thereafter a,
Mobile. Ala, April 20, at New Orleans, La
May 2, and at Memphis. Tenn, Nav 4, for
the consideration of the subject and matter
OF said petition, at which places and times
said common carriers or any of them may
appear and present application for said relief
with evidence in support thereof, which ap-
plication in each case must show the precise
relief desired, the facts on which the same
are based, and the extent to which relief
from the operation of said section said act is
asked for. And at the same places and times
any persons interested in opposing such ap-
plications may also appear and be heard. and
at any time prior to May 6, 1887, the com.
mission will receive printed or written com
munications in support of and in opposition
to the relief asked by said petitions.